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later, it arizona senator john mccain announces his campaign for the 2000 run. on our facebook page, we asking who is your favorite president and wide. william writes, james madison. i am not sure -- because of the copious notes that he kept. kevin says, john tyler. carroll, picks president obama because he never stops fighting for what is right and good for our country. you can post a comment and see what others is saying, on facebook.com/c-span. the political landscape has changed with the when hundred 14th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats. there is also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house. keep track of the members of congress using congressional cut chronicle on c-span.org. there is a lot of useful information there including voting results and statistics on each session of congress. since 1975, the congressional budget office has provided congress independent analysis on the budget and economic issues. hose a discussion tomorrow on the history of the agency. that is live at 1
later, it arizona senator john mccain announces his campaign for the 2000 run. on our facebook page, we asking who is your favorite president and wide. william writes, james madison. i am not sure -- because of the copious notes that he kept. kevin says, john tyler. carroll, picks president obama because he never stops fighting for what is right and good for our country. you can post a comment and see what others is saying, on facebook.com/c-span. the political landscape has changed with the...
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now senator john mccain. sen. mccain: thank you for your professional questions, it has been an honor. congresswoman kurt actor goes right, i have changed. understand the issues and challenges facing arizona. i've traveled everywhere. of 52 the endorsement mayors in arizona. you know? it does not mean i have left, it means they trust me and i trust him because they are the people i talk to where i can understand the challenges. look, i came here 35 years ago in and i have made a home and family. i have been so blessed are the people of verizon or who have taken me and my family and i have been -- the people of taken me and my family in. i believe serving a cause greater than one's own self-interest is the greatest anyone can do. i say to the people of arizona thank you. i hope you will send me back. ted: thank you so much. that does it for now at this special section of the 2016 debate watch you by the arizona pbs in the arizona republic. candidates. the i am ted simons. stay tuned for continued coverage of the 20
now senator john mccain. sen. mccain: thank you for your professional questions, it has been an honor. congresswoman kurt actor goes right, i have changed. understand the issues and challenges facing arizona. i've traveled everywhere. of 52 the endorsement mayors in arizona. you know? it does not mean i have left, it means they trust me and i trust him because they are the people i talk to where i can understand the challenges. look, i came here 35 years ago in and i have made a home and...
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there was a wonderful moment in the john mccain campaign. sarah palin is on her way up to meet him at his home in sedona, ariz. for the interview. he is on the telephone with bill lawyer who hasthe vetting process. he had just come t pleadedhe vetting of sarah palin and it was done rather hurriedly and some people not -- don't get was done thoroughly. the last thing john mccain said was give me your bottom line. the lawyers said high-risk, high reward. john mccain said you should not have told me that, i have been a gambler all my life. mitt romney is not a gambler. he is solid, staid and everything signal that has come out of the romney campaign to date is that they will not go that route. they will pick a governing choice, somebody who will be instantly seen as capable of becoming president in the event something happened. we're looking at a different model influenced both by the problems that occurred four years ago but also the difference between the two nominees. >> thank you. >> i nuclear engineer from austin, texas. howl as the excess
there was a wonderful moment in the john mccain campaign. sarah palin is on her way up to meet him at his home in sedona, ariz. for the interview. he is on the telephone with bill lawyer who hasthe vetting process. he had just come t pleadedhe vetting of sarah palin and it was done rather hurriedly and some people not -- don't get was done thoroughly. the last thing john mccain said was give me your bottom line. the lawyers said high-risk, high reward. john mccain said you should not have told...
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he writes, perhaps john mccain was right about barack obama being the biggest celebrity in the world. the media focused on profiting from his celebrity have been failing to report objectively on his policies. we have seen a number of beverages examples of bias of the five months since his inauguration. he writes that before obama left for the least nbc news aired four hours of interviews in prime-time over two nights to give your support of the day in the life of the white house. cbs news weighed in last week with its "two sides. of sides" if there the first part on father's day in the second of the next day. on wednesday abc news aired "a conversation with the president ," and hourlong prime-time special on health care reform take in the east room of the white house. abc projected reasonable requests to include opposing voices during the infomercial. matt goes on to write in this paper, with this sweep of obama's policy decisions and growing skepticism about his agenda, and biased reporting is especially border. rather than covering eight nights in personally, the media should furthe
he writes, perhaps john mccain was right about barack obama being the biggest celebrity in the world. the media focused on profiting from his celebrity have been failing to report objectively on his policies. we have seen a number of beverages examples of bias of the five months since his inauguration. he writes that before obama left for the least nbc news aired four hours of interviews in prime-time over two nights to give your support of the day in the life of the white house. cbs news...
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mccain working with senator durbin and senator menendez and senator hatch and i contribute to that. patty murray and barbara mikulski worked with congressman ryan and others to get that budget done. or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan now has done recently. fights and the 24/7 tv shout fests, people standing in the opposite corners of the boxing ring, people still find themselves to have the courage to stand next to someone they don't always agree with. that keeps me going. ofve: you have a picture hubert humphrey and muriel humphrey. amy klobuchar: my dad covered hubert humphrey. and i met to meet him muriel later and their family and their sons. -- thing people do realize did not realize. there was a movie about him that showed how much he worked across the aisle. his effervescent manner and how we dealt with people. it really transcended party lines so in that way he is a role model for me. steve: do you enjoy being in the senate? amy klobuchar: i do. i think it is a place that needs improvement. rule changesof the while they are tough to deal with is the way to go.
mccain working with senator durbin and senator menendez and senator hatch and i contribute to that. patty murray and barbara mikulski worked with congressman ryan and others to get that budget done. or the work on the farm bill that senator stevan now has done recently. fights and the 24/7 tv shout fests, people standing in the opposite corners of the boxing ring, people still find themselves to have the courage to stand next to someone they don't always agree with. that keeps me going. ofve:...
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john mccain and general mattis will come up with a new process, i hope. aworry africa will become place for terrorists to, after you defeat them in syria and iraq and afghanistan and there are groups within this system of terrorist groups in africa that would attack our allies. it is a generational struggle. if you do not think it is a generational struggle, you do not understand the war. the theology is spreading throughout the world, particularly africa. if you think it is going to be done in a short period of time, if you think of the means of how you fight this war, there's an anhor race and -- there is authorization to use force tomorrow i would vote against it. we are going to follow the terrorists wherever they go, we are going to use whatever means we need with partners to destroy them. whatever time it takes, it takes. huddleston --he the hudson institute takes a look at countering violent extremism. we hear from people like former cia directors leon panetta and david petraeus as well as former white house strategist steve bannon. more live cover
john mccain and general mattis will come up with a new process, i hope. aworry africa will become place for terrorists to, after you defeat them in syria and iraq and afghanistan and there are groups within this system of terrorist groups in africa that would attack our allies. it is a generational struggle. if you do not think it is a generational struggle, you do not understand the war. the theology is spreading throughout the world, particularly africa. if you think it is going to be done in...
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it's not because john mccain doesn't care. it's because john mccain doesn't get it. for over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington, they call this the ownership society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. out of work? tough luck. you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're on your own. born into poverty? pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. you're on your own. well it's time for them to own their failure. it's time for us to change america. you see, we democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. we measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when bill clinton was president - w
it's not because john mccain doesn't care. it's because john mccain doesn't get it. for over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington, they call this the ownership society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. out of work? tough luck. you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're on your own. born into poverty?...
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that man is john mccain. [applause] whoever becomes president will need to decide who the right people are for the supreme court. they will need to work across the aisle. of all the challenges i just mentioned under president obama that have not been solved, they are not going to get overcome unless republicans and democrats can work together. we have this thing called the constitution. there are checks and balances. brilliant andere i believe inspired. we have to get americans to work together from two sides of the aisle to make things happen. john mccain has shown you can have an small, conviction, and strength and work with good people on the other side of the aisle to get things done. we need john mccain and his get it done attitude. there isthing, sweeping this country and in europe a sense of populism, a distrust of institutions, anger toward government. that is understandable because government has failed so many people. and of that frustration anger is that people do not have trust. our country needs
that man is john mccain. [applause] whoever becomes president will need to decide who the right people are for the supreme court. they will need to work across the aisle. of all the challenges i just mentioned under president obama that have not been solved, they are not going to get overcome unless republicans and democrats can work together. we have this thing called the constitution. there are checks and balances. brilliant andere i believe inspired. we have to get americans to work together...
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mccain and senator john kerry. from manchester, this is one hour 40 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> the next part of our program is we recognize our spe >> we will have a dialogue that is -- that will take place. dan will moderated and will be like the oprah winfrey of the presidential primary tonight. we are going to hear local the about some of those new hampshire moments and to senator mccain and senator kerry i will share with you what people consid new hampshire moments because there's 1i am aware of and it's bipartisan just like this event. it was 1996 when bob dole won the republican nomination, and that summer gephardt came to manchester and needed to pick up some items at a drugstore and in that stopping at the drugstore on daniel webster highway. he walked in and put his purchase down on the counter and the kid at the register looked up and said you or gephardt and he said yeah and the kid said to him i don't believe it. bob dole shops here, too. [laughter] this is a true story. a year later you may rem
mccain and senator john kerry. from manchester, this is one hour 40 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> the next part of our program is we recognize our spe >> we will have a dialogue that is -- that will take place. dan will moderated and will be like the oprah winfrey of the presidential primary tonight. we are going to hear local the about some of those new hampshire moments and to senator mccain and senator kerry i will share with you what people consid new hampshire moments...
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what i see now going on with republican senator john mccain is that i am so optimistic that he is going to be such a powerhouse force. the reason being is he is not concerned about another reelection. archer, yout, mr. said something that was kind of empathetic will. you are talking about how the democratic process plays out with these representatives doing what they need to do to get reelected. on the other end, he told a previous caller that if you want ,o run something inefficient then get your government involved. now that you are removed from it, if you can tell us, the american people, are these positions literally an addiction, and why is it so important to get reelected? because many of these members from places and spaces, be it entrepreneurs -- they have money, some are doctors, so money is not an issue. they have been supporting their family. so why is it that when they get to washington, d.c., that they have such this fervent tuesday to stay there until they retire? guest: i guess the motivation is different for every one of them. by the way, i am now a virginian. when i lef
what i see now going on with republican senator john mccain is that i am so optimistic that he is going to be such a powerhouse force. the reason being is he is not concerned about another reelection. archer, yout, mr. said something that was kind of empathetic will. you are talking about how the democratic process plays out with these representatives doing what they need to do to get reelected. on the other end, he told a previous caller that if you want ,o run something inefficient then get...
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[laughter] >> i thought maybe you were sharing john mccain's story. by aat picture was taken wonderful photographer who asked if he could follow me around for about a week. and we let him. trent was good enough to say, yeah, if you want to do this -- so he had enormous access. that is the only time i can recall ever doing that. but that picture was taken while we were negotiating the 50-50 senate. i do not know what was funny at the time, but i am glad we found some humor in it. that was in the year 2000. >> top was the majority -- tom was the majority leader. i guess we still had the minority because we had the vice presidents vote. the leaders now, i doubt if they ever grace each other's offices. the whole between my office and tom's office went both ways. he came to my office and i went to his office. what a small thing to do. how ridiculous would you be that you would not go to the other leaders office? that was one of the things we did to keep an easy relationship. sitting at that desk, we laughed and we cried some, too. senator thinking daschle
[laughter] >> i thought maybe you were sharing john mccain's story. by aat picture was taken wonderful photographer who asked if he could follow me around for about a week. and we let him. trent was good enough to say, yeah, if you want to do this -- so he had enormous access. that is the only time i can recall ever doing that. but that picture was taken while we were negotiating the 50-50 senate. i do not know what was funny at the time, but i am glad we found some humor in it. that was...
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mccain said is, "give me your bottom line," and he said, "john, high-risk, high reward, " and he is a gambler. mitt romney is not a gambler. they are not going to have a governing choice. someone will be interesting -- seen in this way if mitt romney were to win. a at a ascot there is the difference between the two nominees -- and there is the difference between the 2 billion nominees. >> i am a nuclear engineer from austin, texas. with the health care, hal in has affected -- how it has affected things. >> i am sorry >> health care. other important topics. educational reforms and things like that? >> sometime this summer, we're going to have health care coming back when the supreme court hands down its decision on the obama health-care law. health care was a significant factor in shaping public attitudes about president obama. it was a combination of the stimulus package but also the health-care plan that helps to read polarize this very rapidly health care is an important issue to people, so it is a bread and butter issue, but it is also a political issue. this is reshaping the way
mccain said is, "give me your bottom line," and he said, "john, high-risk, high reward, " and he is a gambler. mitt romney is not a gambler. they are not going to have a governing choice. someone will be interesting -- seen in this way if mitt romney were to win. a at a ascot there is the difference between the two nominees -- and there is the difference between the 2 billion nominees. >> i am a nuclear engineer from austin, texas. with the health care, hal in has...
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. >> john mccain wins the new hampshire primary. >> tonight we sure showed them what a comeback looks like. >> with that attention comes something else. it is -- it has grown along with the primaries. >> not surprising that there may be some jealousy or envy. >> welcome to the democratic headquarters. glad to have you here. >> terry shoe maker cut his political shots with the bill clinton primary. he was there in 1991 and he was there 24 years later when hillary clinton filed her own paperwork in november. he has seen first hand the chael ention the primary has faced. >> almost every cycle going back to the early 1980's when one or more states decided to try to move up on us making an argument new hampshire is too small, too northeast, too white, too rural. >> it was only last fall the current governor demanded an apology from fellow democrat harry reid after the senior senator slammed the first in the nation primary. >> you go to new hampshire. there are not any minorities there. nobody lives there. you go to iowa, and there are a few people there but again it took place. >> in 2011
. >> john mccain wins the new hampshire primary. >> tonight we sure showed them what a comeback looks like. >> with that attention comes something else. it is -- it has grown along with the primaries. >> not surprising that there may be some jealousy or envy. >> welcome to the democratic headquarters. glad to have you here. >> terry shoe maker cut his political shots with the bill clinton primary. he was there in 1991 and he was there 24 years later when...
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what's the difference between your politics and john mccain? >> will when i say defend the border i actually mean it. there is a whole other topic, differences between myself and john mccain. i think a lot of arizonans are tired. his wishes are not coming true. >> here you are in a speech back in july of this year. i believe july 19. the western conservative summit, talking about something called cronyism. >> the establishment, whenever there is a new idea that comes up from the grassroots, it is immediately put off. i see where that comes from, because when you have been in power for 30 years, you feel threatened and you don't want that power taken away. going back to the point i made at the beginning, you have to take a serious look at where the fight on the right comes from. there isn't that big of a difference between republicans and democrats and i think it is time or big government republicans to take a hard look at the way they are voting and the way they are in bed with crony capitalism. [applause] that is really easy for people who hav
what's the difference between your politics and john mccain? >> will when i say defend the border i actually mean it. there is a whole other topic, differences between myself and john mccain. i think a lot of arizonans are tired. his wishes are not coming true. >> here you are in a speech back in july of this year. i believe july 19. the western conservative summit, talking about something called cronyism. >> the establishment, whenever there is a new idea that comes up from...
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john mccain put principles. first one example -- based on his own personal experience, john mccain thought members of his own party and spoke out against torture leading to the effort to pass the detainee treatment act to ensure we would live within our values. [applause] john mccain has never hesitated to do what he thought was right rather than what is politically expedient. a rare individual in politics. new hampshire is the place where his commitment to truth in politics found a name, straight talk. it was traveling across the state on his street talk express that senator mccain's unique brand of candor and politics caught fire with very discerning new hampshire primary voters, not once but twice. that senator mccain would become a primary legend and in my view new hampshire's first senator was far from certain when campaign here in 1999. with texas governor george bush wrapping up endorsements and leading early in the polls, the arizona senator faced an uphill climb. true to his character, up zero climbs do
john mccain put principles. first one example -- based on his own personal experience, john mccain thought members of his own party and spoke out against torture leading to the effort to pass the detainee treatment act to ensure we would live within our values. [applause] john mccain has never hesitated to do what he thought was right rather than what is politically expedient. a rare individual in politics. new hampshire is the place where his commitment to truth in politics found a name,...
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john mccain suspended his campaign as i recall. and there was a question about whether you were going to have that first debate. jim: that's right. gloria: so what did you do over the debate commission? what mccain wanted was for the debate to be postponed. obama said, i am coming to mississippi, and we are going to have a debate. it was a blinking kind of thing. the debate commission folks said to me, because i was already in oxford, when all of this happened. the debate commission said, we are preparing for a debate. there will be a debate one way or another. told something else happens, etc.. i was approached by intermediaries. intermediaries. some folks through i was approached by people from the university of mississippi. they had spent millions of dollars preparing for this debate, it was a big deal for the state of mississippi and the university and all of that. they asked me if i would moderate an event just with obama. in other words, if mccain did not come, maybe use students and run a town hall thing. i said well, i'll t
john mccain suspended his campaign as i recall. and there was a question about whether you were going to have that first debate. jim: that's right. gloria: so what did you do over the debate commission? what mccain wanted was for the debate to be postponed. obama said, i am coming to mississippi, and we are going to have a debate. it was a blinking kind of thing. the debate commission folks said to me, because i was already in oxford, when all of this happened. the debate commission said, we...
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john mccain had suspended his campaign. that's environment created what i thought was a mistake. andou ask president bush asked vice president cheney, i will tell you i saw him sitting there completely showing he didn't want to be in the room when the fed chairman and treasury secretary were trying to tell us why we shouldn't hand them $800 billion with no strings attached. they had the vice president there because he moved a lot of republicans, a lot of conservative republicans including some of my ca colleag. steve: barack obama, you were among some of his fiercest critics. how do you think the world will judge his eight years? i'm assuming you didn't have much interaction with him. rep. issa: less over time. i went to ever christmas party and had a picture taken with him and michelle. steve: what was that like? rep. issa: he has a great sense of humor. in person, he is charming. the reality is, i think he will president. he won't to be in a, but he wasn't a bad president. most people think i went after the president. the president took personally me going after the failures of
john mccain had suspended his campaign. that's environment created what i thought was a mistake. andou ask president bush asked vice president cheney, i will tell you i saw him sitting there completely showing he didn't want to be in the room when the fed chairman and treasury secretary were trying to tell us why we shouldn't hand them $800 billion with no strings attached. they had the vice president there because he moved a lot of republicans, a lot of conservative republicans including some...
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it's not because john mccain doesn't care. it's because john mccain doesn't get it. two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited republican philosophy. give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington, they call this the "ownership society," but what it really means is that you're on your own. [laughter] out of work? tough luck, you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're on your own. born into poverty? pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. you are on your own. [cheers] well, it's time for them to own their failure. it's time for us to change america. and that's why i'm running for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] you see, you see, we democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college
it's not because john mccain doesn't care. it's because john mccain doesn't get it. two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited republican philosophy. give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington, they call this the "ownership society," but what it really means is that you're on your own. [laughter] out of work? tough luck, you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're on your own. born...
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and most recently, john mccain in 2008 seemed to moffett on the leadership side before he even got to the debate by suggesting that the debate be postponed so they could stay in washington and work on the bailout project. that made him look unleaderly because he really could not do much about that personally anyway. but he did not also seem to be able to handle multiple problems at once. i think that will be important in this particular year. the two candidates have opposite problems. nobody doubts that obama can relate to the people. that he is likable. that he can balance or do the democratic party. what we are wondering is, where is the leader early part? there is a four year pattern where there is not as much change as we had hoped. and romney is known as a take charge, ceo leader. but the big challenge is showing his democratic and like the rest of us. >> democratic with these little "d." >> yes. especially after the comment he made. challenging for both. >> you can arm wrestle. you are closer to the mic, go ahead. >> one of the issues this year, the legion of fact checkers will
and most recently, john mccain in 2008 seemed to moffett on the leadership side before he even got to the debate by suggesting that the debate be postponed so they could stay in washington and work on the bailout project. that made him look unleaderly because he really could not do much about that personally anyway. but he did not also seem to be able to handle multiple problems at once. i think that will be important in this particular year. the two candidates have opposite problems. nobody...
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he insults john mccain. how much -- then republicans always say we need to come together as a country. but when president obama got elected, they did everything they could to undermine him. they even questioned president obama's birth. i mean, he tried to delent mize president obama in the worst kind of way. the people on the right just excuse -- oh, supreme court, as long as we give them tax cuts, we undo everything obama did, it's ok. how can u a president that sets this tone? look at how he talk about women. we try to set an example for young men and tpwhem our society. how you talk to people, i don't want no man talking to my daughter or wife or whatever the way he talks to women like that. and everybody keep excusing, and they make excuses for him. that's my point. thank you. host: thank you. guest: i would say if that's the way the gentleman feels, then he, like the rest of us, needs not to emulate what the president is doing. that is the best way to achieve civil dialogue, to model it yourself. if you
he insults john mccain. how much -- then republicans always say we need to come together as a country. but when president obama got elected, they did everything they could to undermine him. they even questioned president obama's birth. i mean, he tried to delent mize president obama in the worst kind of way. the people on the right just excuse -- oh, supreme court, as long as we give them tax cuts, we undo everything obama did, it's ok. how can u a president that sets this tone? look at how he...
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george w bush ended john mccain's campaign because of his big victories. in 2004, john kerry did quite well going into that. then we get to 2008. on the democratic side, we are going to show a video of two people, claiming victory. [video clip] [applause] >> tonight in record numbers, we voted not just to make history but to remake america. people in american samoa, arkansas, massachusetts, new jersey, oklahoma, tennessee and the great state of new york. [applause] [chanting] >> i also want to congratulate senator obama for his victory tonight. and i look forward to continuing our campaign and our debate. about how to leave this country better off for the next generation. because that is the work of my life. >> the polls are closing in california. [applause] and the votes are still being counted in cities and towns across america. but there is one thing, you know i love you back. [laughter] but there's one thing on this february night we do not need the final results to know. our time has come. [cheers and applause] the challenges we face will not be solve
george w bush ended john mccain's campaign because of his big victories. in 2004, john kerry did quite well going into that. then we get to 2008. on the democratic side, we are going to show a video of two people, claiming victory. [video clip] [applause] >> tonight in record numbers, we voted not just to make history but to remake america. people in american samoa, arkansas, massachusetts, new jersey, oklahoma, tennessee and the great state of new york. [applause] [chanting] >> i...
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as you know cindy mccain, john mccain's widow is endorsing biden for president. so there are long ties between the mccain and biden took him on. he was good for the role of vice president for obama because he -- people looked at obama as a young candidate for president. hillary clinton ran against him as the more experienced candidate as the person who could answer the call at 3:00 a.m. biden came with tremendous foreign policy experience. the two were opposed on the iraq war and he had his decades in the senate, his years as chairman of the judiciary committee. and he came with a lot of experience, a lot of respect and little bit more moderate than president obama. the presidency, the winning the broad spectrum of people getting to win in november. and that was part of the motivation behind biden and turned out to be a successful relationship between the two of them and one that i think is benefiting joe biden right now as he runs for president. host: as we mentioned, joe biden was sworn in in january of 1973 as junior senator from delaware. his final speech on
as you know cindy mccain, john mccain's widow is endorsing biden for president. so there are long ties between the mccain and biden took him on. he was good for the role of vice president for obama because he -- people looked at obama as a young candidate for president. hillary clinton ran against him as the more experienced candidate as the person who could answer the call at 3:00 a.m. biden came with tremendous foreign policy experience. the two were opposed on the iraq war and he had his...
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john mccain was watching backstage. she had never given a speech with that kind of focus or the kind of audience. he is watching with mounting excitement as she gives the speech. he can believe how good she is. she finishes the speech and mccain is over the moon. one of his advisers says that partly to the speech, her teleprompter was malfunctioning. the teleprompter was moving too slowly. mccain says, "i hope that doesn't happen to me." imposed onandicappe her by the technology. the campaign was on tenterhooks. she hit it out of the park. she was an asset for the campaign. for a week or 10 days after that, she was. there was concern in the national polls. people on the democratic side were freaking out on how she injected some much freshness into that campaign. had stumblesshe and the financial crisis kicked him that the game changed again and pick began to of complications. the campaign gave obama to rise to the location. others felt confident about his abilities. >> you chronicle the preparation process as the campai
john mccain was watching backstage. she had never given a speech with that kind of focus or the kind of audience. he is watching with mounting excitement as she gives the speech. he can believe how good she is. she finishes the speech and mccain is over the moon. one of his advisers says that partly to the speech, her teleprompter was malfunctioning. the teleprompter was moving too slowly. mccain says, "i hope that doesn't happen to me." imposed onandicappe her by the technology. the...
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you have economic analysis from john mccain's economic advisor , who makes a living analyzing says, like this, and he of her plan passes, at a million, you get 2.5 million jobs than you would if it does not. if trump's plan passes, he will lose 2 million jobs. what do you have to lose? 14 million jobs. we don't want to lose them. what do you have to lose? 2/3 of all the new jobs come from small businesses. i support this bill the president signed, the dodd frank main streeteeps from wrecking wall street, but there has been too much restraint on small business lending. every year that i have had the honor to serve and we were growing together in unemployment was going down. incomes from people increased more percentagewise the further you went down the income train. every year, we were the top five country in the world with new and small businesses. we are not in the top 10. i will over semper fi, but if you were running a
you have economic analysis from john mccain's economic advisor , who makes a living analyzing says, like this, and he of her plan passes, at a million, you get 2.5 million jobs than you would if it does not. if trump's plan passes, he will lose 2 million jobs. what do you have to lose? 14 million jobs. we don't want to lose them. what do you have to lose? 2/3 of all the new jobs come from small businesses. i support this bill the president signed, the dodd frank main streeteeps from wrecking...
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guest: a good friend of mine, john mccain. i have known john mccain for 20 some odd years. when he was running for president in 2000, your member remember that. i was doing morning drive time radio, and john is very good at understanding how to use radio. he is brilliant at it. primary ining of the 2000, and my producer says john mccain is on the phone. and i say the phone kicking john, you are -- i can't use that word. and john says, i know, what country do you want? i know john kasich, i didn't get to know lindsey graham which is unfortunate because i think he was a solid candidate. he had his eyes wide open. he is too much of a hawk for me. he also understands where america is. let me make one last point. i was listening this morning because jeb bush and chris christie are worried about marco rubio. they are not tag teaming, but they sort of our because marco rubio is no number two in the polls, having a strong finish in iowa. do you know what is interesting? jeb bush and chris christie are now using the abortion issue against marco rubio. marco rubio is all over the top
guest: a good friend of mine, john mccain. i have known john mccain for 20 some odd years. when he was running for president in 2000, your member remember that. i was doing morning drive time radio, and john is very good at understanding how to use radio. he is brilliant at it. primary ining of the 2000, and my producer says john mccain is on the phone. and i say the phone kicking john, you are -- i can't use that word. and john says, i know, what country do you want? i know john kasich, i...
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john mccain had suspended his campaign. created what it think was a mistake that if you ask president bush and if you could ask buys president cheney, i will tell you i saw him sitting there completely showing he didn't want to be in the room when the fed chairman and treasury secretary were trying to tell us why we shouldn't hand them $800 billion with no strings attached. they had the vice president there because he moved a lot of republicans, a lot of conservative republicans including some of my colleagues. steve: barack obama, you were among some of his fiercest critics. how do you think history will judge his eight years? i'm assuming you didn't have much interaction with him. rep. issa: less over time. i went to every christmas party and had a picture taken with him and michelle. steve: what was that like? rep. issa: he has a great sense of humor. in person, he is charming. the reality is, i think he will be a b president. i don't think he is going to be an a, but he wasn't a bad president. most people think i went a
john mccain had suspended his campaign. created what it think was a mistake that if you ask president bush and if you could ask buys president cheney, i will tell you i saw him sitting there completely showing he didn't want to be in the room when the fed chairman and treasury secretary were trying to tell us why we shouldn't hand them $800 billion with no strings attached. they had the vice president there because he moved a lot of republicans, a lot of conservative republicans including some...
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when john mccain beat me and the new hampshire primary, that was the best thing that happened to me in the presidential race, for two reasons. one, it reinvigorated my desire to win, but also, it was important to be able to show people that you could get knocked down and get off the mat. and so internal grit is necessary to be successful and one way you develop it, sadly, is through losing. pres. clinton: on the balance, i think losing is way overrated. [laughter] pres. clinton: winning is better. but, what you want to do if you run is to know that if you do not win, the voters made an informed decision and disagreed with you. i thought somebody else could be better. because you often have things that you will not do. things you believe in that you cannot give up. and you can make them as palatable or pleasing to people as you can, you should do that and make your unpopular opinions as digestible or understandable as you can. you should do that. and if youou run, get beaten, you have to say, is there something i could have done that would have averted this? and in my case, the answer w
when john mccain beat me and the new hampshire primary, that was the best thing that happened to me in the presidential race, for two reasons. one, it reinvigorated my desire to win, but also, it was important to be able to show people that you could get knocked down and get off the mat. and so internal grit is necessary to be successful and one way you develop it, sadly, is through losing. pres. clinton: on the balance, i think losing is way overrated. [laughter] pres. clinton: winning is...
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john mccain wanted it to be equal. this lying.t's stop i'm sick and tired of the general media protecting hillary clinton when she is lying through her teeth. they proved she is lying through her teeth, yet the national media is making it like it doesn't matter, or something. i'm tired of this. host: who is your candidate as a republican? kasich, i think, has the message, the message that can pull this nation together. he is a very, very capable person. unfortunately, it is not registering with people. i honestly don't think the american voter knows how to think. host: thank you for the call from fort lauderdale. ben carson is 64. donald trump is 69. donald trump is wrapping up attacks against ben carson. anita,t caller is joining us from san antonio, texas, democrat line. seeer: i honestly do not what republican will be able to stand up to hillary clinton. she just met over 11 hours at that hearing being paraded -- berated by these republicans, who really did not seem to have anything to ask her. they really just want
john mccain wanted it to be equal. this lying.t's stop i'm sick and tired of the general media protecting hillary clinton when she is lying through her teeth. they proved she is lying through her teeth, yet the national media is making it like it doesn't matter, or something. i'm tired of this. host: who is your candidate as a republican? kasich, i think, has the message, the message that can pull this nation together. he is a very, very capable person. unfortunately, it is not registering with...
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it hurt john mccain. brian: you reference this in your book, that john lewis gaddis was here. this was george w. bush in retirement, but john lewis gaddis was here a couple months ago and i want to run what he said, because it is an interesting take on what might happen to a president. >> my wife and i happened to be in dallas promoting a book. so i had a student, several students, who worked for me. i said we would like to drop by and say hello. we did and he had us come by at some ungodly hour, like 7:30 in the morning. i asked him, how are you? he said, i am bored. i don't have enough to do. i said, you should take up painting. i told him about the churchill estate painting as a pastime. it is a small book. and the rest is art. these turn out to be very good. brian: an ex-president come aboard. would you expect that to happen? james: yes. for a good while, bill clinton was bored. you are spending 24 hours per day, whether you are sleeping or playing golf, it is always with you until you are out. then, i think there is a tremendous sense of decompression. the interesting det
it hurt john mccain. brian: you reference this in your book, that john lewis gaddis was here. this was george w. bush in retirement, but john lewis gaddis was here a couple months ago and i want to run what he said, because it is an interesting take on what might happen to a president. >> my wife and i happened to be in dallas promoting a book. so i had a student, several students, who worked for me. i said we would like to drop by and say hello. we did and he had us come by at some...
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and john mccain, from bush's own party, and obama, and mccain doesn't have a lot to say. he has announced there is this crisis, but comes in and being john mccain, he is very active sometimes irritable, but he doesn't have a lot to say and obama looks fairly calm and deliberate, as he is. cheney writes that, i think obama was more impressive than mccain. that was, some of that came through to the public. this was the general perception of the two candidates, and it was a major help to obama. it hurt john mccain. brian: you reference this in your book, that john lewis gaddis was here. this was george w. bush in retirement, but john lewis gaddis was here a couple month ago and i want to run what he said, because it is an whatesting take it -- on might happen to a president. >> my wife and i happened to be in dallas promoting a book. student, several students, who worked for me. i said we would like to drop by and say hello. we did and he had us come by at some ungodly hour, like 7:30 in the morning. i asked him, how are you? he said, i am bored. i don't have enough to do. i
and john mccain, from bush's own party, and obama, and mccain doesn't have a lot to say. he has announced there is this crisis, but comes in and being john mccain, he is very active sometimes irritable, but he doesn't have a lot to say and obama looks fairly calm and deliberate, as he is. cheney writes that, i think obama was more impressive than mccain. that was, some of that came through to the public. this was the general perception of the two candidates, and it was a major help to obama. it...
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john mccain was fully pardon for the things he did in vietnam. a lot of his fellow surgeons and -- when he returns to capitol hill, he then suppressed the government from going back and trying pows. this arrives that at that level. i trust the president's judgment in this instance host. host: a chart of presidential clemency by administration. the obama and his has used commutation much more than past -- the obama administration has used commutation much more than past presidencies. can see how that compares with george w. bush, bill clinton and so on. jim in alabama. opposes the president's actions yesterday regarding chelsea manning. caller: thank you for taking my call. this young man or woman or whatever he is should have been court-martialed and hung. there is no excuse for what he did and there's no excuse for what the president did for him. i spent 22 years in the army. i believe the president and his party does not care for anything military. host: in what ways has the president to mistreated that -- demonstrated that to you? caller: the
john mccain was fully pardon for the things he did in vietnam. a lot of his fellow surgeons and -- when he returns to capitol hill, he then suppressed the government from going back and trying pows. this arrives that at that level. i trust the president's judgment in this instance host. host: a chart of presidential clemency by administration. the obama and his has used commutation much more than past -- the obama administration has used commutation much more than past presidencies. can see how...
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that initiative, at least in the term of the way it was conceived, mostly from john mccain, who was a big push for it, had strong bipartisan support, seen as a money saver. host: missy, one area you tweeted about in terms of policy that you think will get more attention from a democratic congress is yemen. which then puts us right in the crosshairs of the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia. what were you thinking about when you tweeted that? reporter: i think they're absolutely will be an increased focus on the war in yemen. already in the republican-controlled congress in the last year, we have seen several initiatives. one which almost passed -- well, got close to 50 votes in the senate -- to curtail the u.s. military support for the gulf-led coalition, which is battling the rebels in yemen. there is a combination of factors here. one is democrats' criticism of u.s. support for a war that has resulted in a lot of civilian casualties. the second is a growing bipartisan consensus that the military relationship or the relationship more generally with saudi arabia needs to be revised i
that initiative, at least in the term of the way it was conceived, mostly from john mccain, who was a big push for it, had strong bipartisan support, seen as a money saver. host: missy, one area you tweeted about in terms of policy that you think will get more attention from a democratic congress is yemen. which then puts us right in the crosshairs of the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia. what were you thinking about when you tweeted that? reporter: i think they're absolutely will be an...
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the story of john mccain's collapse and then comeback and john edwards' extraordinary role only revealed far after the fact of what was going on in their lives as he was running for president and making a strong play to be the democratic nominee. >> and your take on this new hbo film that people will be talking about four years later. >> we were thrilled to work with hbo on this. they have a high quality they bring to these films. mark and i were honored and gratified when they bought the option to do the book. we knew there was going to have to be some choices made. it is a big book. it is 500 pages. it is a big campaign. if you didn't want to sit down and do a mini series, you would have to pick a story line. jay roach, the guy that also directed the award-winning recap, they were very attracted to the palin storey. it is an iconic american story that this woman had only been governor 18 months before she is sort of snatched out of obscurity and put on the republican ticket on the most pressure-filled environment with the brightest spotlight you can imagine. what that was like for her
the story of john mccain's collapse and then comeback and john edwards' extraordinary role only revealed far after the fact of what was going on in their lives as he was running for president and making a strong play to be the democratic nominee. >> and your take on this new hbo film that people will be talking about four years later. >> we were thrilled to work with hbo on this. they have a high quality they bring to these films. mark and i were honored and gratified when they...
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today, donald trump responded to comments made by john mccain last night. we will show you some of senator mccain's comments and then donald trump's tweet. i agreed with congresswoman kirkpatrick about the importance of infrastructure. that is why i was able to get i 11 into the highway bill for a cord or that goes all the way into canada. forpreciate congresswoman -- kirkpatrick's support. if someone wants to say something disparaging of me, i understand that. i do not understand it when it is said about other men and women who have been imprisoned. i spoke out strongly against it. i spoke out strongly on several other issues where i thought mr. trump was absolutely wrong. i have not been shy about it. y, ason of the khan famil man who literally sacrificed his life, all those things i thought were very wrong. when mr. trump attacks women and demeans women in our nation and where i that is a point have to part company. it is not pleasant for me to renounce the nominee of my party. he won the nomination fair and square. but i have daughters. i have friends.
today, donald trump responded to comments made by john mccain last night. we will show you some of senator mccain's comments and then donald trump's tweet. i agreed with congresswoman kirkpatrick about the importance of infrastructure. that is why i was able to get i 11 into the highway bill for a cord or that goes all the way into canada. forpreciate congresswoman -- kirkpatrick's support. if someone wants to say something disparaging of me, i understand that. i do not understand it when it is...
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as you know, cindy mccain, john mccain's widow is endorsing biden for president. citing the long friendship between the two families in the military service of children in both their families. so there are long ties between mccain family but biden took him on. he was good for the role of vice president for obama because he -- people looked at obama as a young candidate for president. hillary clinton ran against him as the more experienced candidate, as the person who could answer the call at 3:00 a.m. biden came with tremendous foreign policy experience. granted, the two were opposed on the iraq war, but he still had that on his resume. and he had his decades in the senate, his years as chairman of the judiciary committee. and he came with a lot of experience, a lot of respect, and a little bit more moderate than president obama. at the time, a lot more moderate at the time, to balance out the ticket. the presidency, the winning the broad spectrum of people getting you to win in and that was part november. of the motivation behind biden. it turned out to be a succ
as you know, cindy mccain, john mccain's widow is endorsing biden for president. citing the long friendship between the two families in the military service of children in both their families. so there are long ties between mccain family but biden took him on. he was good for the role of vice president for obama because he -- people looked at obama as a young candidate for president. hillary clinton ran against him as the more experienced candidate, as the person who could answer the call at...
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we have 48 house democrats that are in districts that john mccain won. 47 are in districts that mccain and george w. bush want. and keep in mind the margin the democrats in the house have is 40. and so they just flat have a whole bunch of people that are in enemy territory. now, the senate is a little different because it's got that 6-year calendar. but there's still some weird exposure there. and let's face it, you know, democrats are very, very, very, very, very likely to lose the seat, the senate seat, that president obama had in illinois. the seat that vice president biden had in delaware. and the seat that ken salazar, who was senator -- democratic senator now secretary of interior, you know, that he had is basically a toss-up. you throw in some -- the tough environment, tough retirement by byron dorgan in north dakota and evan bayh in indiana and there's others and i'm combining the retirements you have an unusually great level of broad exposure in the senate as well. and so you think of that exposure and it's like wow, this really is a bad time to have a bad election. and then y
we have 48 house democrats that are in districts that john mccain won. 47 are in districts that mccain and george w. bush want. and keep in mind the margin the democrats in the house have is 40. and so they just flat have a whole bunch of people that are in enemy territory. now, the senate is a little different because it's got that 6-year calendar. but there's still some weird exposure there. and let's face it, you know, democrats are very, very, very, very, very likely to lose the seat, the...
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did you see john mccain ever looked at him? the other night, the charge was with president obama that he did not look at him at all. now, we are going to move onto the second debate, which is the town hall debate. because i was at the town hall debate in 1996, there is a fascinating story -- bob dole left the room immediately at the end of the debate -- reported to me. i was not in the room. i was with the audience in another auditorium. what does bill clinton do while bob dole leads -- leaves? shakes' everybody's hands and with a love days, looks right in the eyes -- shakes everybody's hands and with a love gaze, looks right in the eyes. to make matters worse, dole's limousine is behind clinton's, so he is sitting there waiting. one of the reasons you work the crowd is because these are the people who talk to the media about what it was like. watch what barack obama does at the end of the second debate and what john mccain does. go ahead. >> i of the question is -- who is best equipped as the next president -- if the question
did you see john mccain ever looked at him? the other night, the charge was with president obama that he did not look at him at all. now, we are going to move onto the second debate, which is the town hall debate. because i was at the town hall debate in 1996, there is a fascinating story -- bob dole left the room immediately at the end of the debate -- reported to me. i was not in the room. i was with the audience in another auditorium. what does bill clinton do while bob dole leads -- leaves?...
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goingt now, how is obama to handle himself against john mccain? now we are in the big leagues. himself aspresented somebody who is calm, cool, much lighter, and confident. the other thing was he had the confidence it took to be president. those things he demonstrated as much with body like which as he did with words. hand,ccain, on the other the bad rap on him was that he got angry and fidgety and this proved that. in obama's case, he proved the positive. ,'m sure nobody remembers this neither one would answer any of my questions directly about the financial crisis. each one of them would answer from a different point of view but they never would say. there was no content difference can really come up between them. it was all about body like which difference. gloria: -- body language difference. question about whether you were going to have that first debate. ?hat did you do >> what mccain wanted was for the debate to be postponed. obama said i am coming to mississippi and we are going to have a debate. it was a blinking kind of thing. the debate commission folks said to me, be
goingt now, how is obama to handle himself against john mccain? now we are in the big leagues. himself aspresented somebody who is calm, cool, much lighter, and confident. the other thing was he had the confidence it took to be president. those things he demonstrated as much with body like which as he did with words. hand,ccain, on the other the bad rap on him was that he got angry and fidgety and this proved that. in obama's case, he proved the positive. ,'m sure nobody remembers this neither...